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From hate to love: how CD Projekt RED rescued Misty Olszewska in Cyberpunk 2077 🤯

Voice actor Erika Lindbeck admits Misty began as a PASSING, empty character, she expected Meredith Stout to be the big role. Devs rewrote Misty repeatedly; the breakthrough came when they reimagined her as a «soft Harley Quinn from New Jersey» and expanded her into a spiritual counterpoint to the cold tech of Night City. Misty ultimately outshone Meredith and became one of Lindbeck's favorite roles, while the actor still jokes about the original, "punished" version.

⚡ The Last of Us Online GOT KILLED so we could get a bald huntress in Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.

Former Naughty Dog director Vinit Agarwal revealed the canceled online project had been in development for 7 years and was about ~80% complete. Pandemic spending blew up the budget, and by 2023 interest in online services dropped, the studio chose to reallocate resources to the single‑player Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. Agarwal later worked on another unannounced solo project.

⚡️ Behaviour Interactive told IGN that Dead by Daylight 2 will NEVER be released, project lead Mathieu Côté said so.

The team will keep investing in long‑term support: over 8 years the game grew from a modest indie horror into a genre "Hall of Fame", and a sequel would split the huge community, wipe progress, cosmetics and dozens of negotiated licensed characters. Developers note that engine and graphical upgrades can be done inside the existing client, so a "Part 2" is unnecessary.

⚡️ The Division 2 launched the anniversary season Rise Up in 2026, marking the franchise's ten‑year milestone.

The headline, Escalation: a HARDCORE endgame gauntlet with 10 difficulty tiers, a token economy and no checkpoints, one slip costs progress and resources. Risk pays off with new Prototypes rarity (unique augments, boosted stats). Revenge content got a refresh against «Черный бивень»: clearing control points drops blueprints for exclusive gear and rare raid/Dark Zone exotics.

⚔️ Tides of Annihilation, a sleek, high-octane Character Action from Chinese veterans Eclipse Glow Games, where Arthurian legend is just the launchpad.

Built on Unreal Engine 5, the game centers on protagonist Gwendolin fighting alongside other knights, singleplayer with real team dynamics. The new studio (industry vets) works with platform holders, targets a global release and aims to craft an original IP, not copy trends. HYPE

⚡️Slay the Spire 2: Mega Crit is testing three experimental modes, a RANKED competitive format, a sped‑up short‑run mode for quick sessions, and new social systems that go beyond standard co‑op.

Co‑founder Casey Yano says everything is in prototypes and can be reworked, only modes that don't bloat the game or break balance will make the cut. Team's prioritizing quality over piling on features.

Mailboxes buzzing: Embark Studios is refunding lost loot to ARC Raiders players after a server meltdown on April 2, a 12-hour outage caused mass disconnects and unfair gear losses.

All recovered kit, including the new guns Canto and Dolabra, will arrive via in-game mail. Despite selling 12 million copies and earning top multiplayer accolades for 2025, Steam concurrent fell from 250k to 140k, Embark is banking on the April patch Riven Tides (new map + ARC-class big enemy) to pull veterans back into raids. WILD 📬

⚡️Capcom unveiled Ingrid, the LAST announced fighter for Street Fighter 6's third season.

The season pass is winding down: players should be able to try her moves by the end of spring. The teaser only showed her look, a gameplay reveal is expected later. Season 3 already added Sagat, Viper and Alex. SF6 is available on PC (Steam), PS4, PS5, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch 2 with Russian text.

⚡️ Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred, grim story teaser lands on 28 April 🕯️

The trailer «Королева и Святой» (IGN exclusive) reveals an uneasy pact between Adreona and Akarat: after the paladin's triumph the expansion leans into psychological drama, where FAITH is twisted, choices rot the defenders' morals and darkness blurs the truth.

🤝 Diplomacy over swords, on 7 May Age of Empires IV gets the expansion Yue Fei's Legacy, the first of two big DLCs this year.

The campaign centers on defending the Song dynasty, mixing large-scale battles with political intrigue. The new Jin faction focuses on diplomatic subjugation of settlements and heavy gunpowder tools: horse grenadiers and unique artillery. Multiplayer adds four maps, fresh biomes, a new soundtrack and challenges, play smart, DIPLOMACY wins.